Springs rugby to start Valke league
The Springs Rugby Club’s first team played against the University of Pretoria’s (Tuks) first team on Friday evening at 7.30pm.
Springs put up a good fight, but Tuks managed to beat the local team 38-7.
Francois Prinsloo managed to score a try for Springs during the first half of the game.
André Smith completed the conversion, securing the first and final points for Springs for the evening.
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Rudolph Cronje, from the Springs Rugby Club, says the game was played against a strong university that has a big pool to choose players from, whereas Springs has 25 players to choose from.
Ockert Brits, the team’s coach, says keeping in mind that the men played against a quality team who is unbeaten in the Carlton Super League, they played a good match.
“It was also our last game in the Carlton League,” says Brits.
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He adds that they are starting with the Valke Peregrine Super League this weekend.
“We will be playing home against the North-West University (Pukke).
“We hope to bring everything we learned in the Carlton league to the Valke League.”
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